Drug shortages: Which active ingredients are affected and why. As of: March 27, 2024, 8:30 a.m By: Susanne Sasse CommentsPressSplit “We have to support pharmaceutical companies in Germany,” says the Munich orthopedist PD Dr.

Dominik Pförringer. “Not a day goes by when I don't miss some medication. For example, local anesthetics, which we are constantly lacking,’ he says.